Born on October 18, 1991 in Porbander, Jaidev has made rapid strides as a left arm pace bowler. He was first spotted at the Duleep Sinh School of Cricket in Porbandar where he impressed his ...Full profile

Born on October 18, 1991 in Porbander, Jaidev has made rapid strides as a left arm pace bowler. He was first spotted at the Duleep Sinh School of Cricket in Porbandar where he impressed his coach Ram Odedra with his natural ability to land the ball on the seam.

A left arm medium pace bowler, Unadkat was named in the Indian U-19 World Cup squad for the 2010 WC held in New Zealand as the pace spearhead. He ended up with 7 wickets in just 4 matches as India finished sixth. His impressive performances earned him a contract with IPL team, Kolkata Knight Riders and he was put under the tutelage of one of the giants in pace bowling, Wasim Akram. His ability as an aggressive fielder is an added asset.

He was picked for India A's tour of England in June 2010 and had a dream first-class debut, taking a match-winning 13 for 103 against West Indies A at Grace Road. The Indian call-up was not long overdue though as he was called up as a net bowler for India's tour of Sri Lanka in July-August 2010 and was a part of the team that played Australia at home in October 2010. The international debut came sooner when he was selected for the Test tour of South Africa in December 2010 and unexpectedly made his debut when Zaheer Khan suffered an injury days before the first test at Centurion.

It was not the most impressive debut though as Jaidev along with the other Indian bowlers suffered at the hands of the rampaging Kallis and company. India ended up losing the Test by an innings and 25 runs and the return of Zaheer meant that Unadkat was left out of the squad for the remainder of the series. From 2011 to present, he has failed to deliver any impressive performance,rendering him irregular in domestic matches.

Unadkat was picked by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the player auctions of IPL-6 for USD 575,000. He was impressive in that season and earned high praise from the RCB coach Ray Jennings who predicted Unadkat would make a comeback into the Indian Team with a bang. As predicted, Unadkat made his ODI debut in India's tour to Zimbabwe in July 2013. In the 5 matches, he picked up 8 wickets and was quite economical. Although he was selected in the ODI squad when Australia toured India in October/November 2013, he played only game and remained wicket-less in it. Selectors retained their faith in Unadkat and he was named in the limited overs squad for the 3-match ODI series against West Indies in November 2013 and got a game at Kochi. In the 2014 IPL auctions, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for 2.8 crore after impressing with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 6th edition of the IPL.

Interesting Facts: Unadkat topped the school in both the 10th and 12th grade examinations .

Wasim Akram on Unadkat : 'This young kid in our side is the one to watch out for. He is lean like I was when I was 17-18, he can swing the ball both ways and he is hard working. I think we will hear about him in about a couple of years.'